Canned Soup: The Silent Killer?

When I'm sick (like now!), the thing that sounds best is warm soup. But when you're feeling yucky, you don't exactly feel like slaving over a stove to make anything homemade. You turn to the can, right? Well, a new warning has us all a little on edge about what may be lurking in that bowl of soup. A must-read for every gal today...

Could it be time to break up with canned soup? Maybe, say health experts.

According to Harvard researchers, people who eat canned soups daily, are flooding their body with a potentially dangerous chemical called bisphenol A (BPA)--you know, the chemical removed from most plastic water bottles and baby bottles because it may be linked to worrisome diseases?

BPA is used in many canned food products (you can spot it usually as the white lining inside cans, or on lids of jars), and sadly, those who eat a lot of canned foods (namely, soup, in this study), may have 20 times the amount of the chemical in their bodies, compared to those who eat fresh soups and avoid canned products.

Some food manufactures are being proactive about getting rid of BPA in their cans, however. Eden Organic, for instance, does not use BPA in their cans (aside from their canned tomatoes), so you can feel good about buying their soups and canned veggies.

On a personal note, I've avoided canned foods for quite a while now. I'm just not comfortable with all those chemicals streaming through my body.